After Rebirth, the Celebrity Daughter is the Medical Expert!-Chapter 435 - 331: Defeating Falsehood with Truth

"Is it that easy?" Xiao Tian said, sobbing as she wiped her tears.

"It’s indeed very difficult," Ning Youguang said. "As humans, our whole life is a struggle with desires. We’re either taming desires or being tamed by them, so don’t be too anxious to tame them all at once. But once you become aware and want to be the person who tames desires, who takes back sovereignty over your life and lives freely, you have to work hard at it."

Xiao Tian said, "I work so hard now so that I can be free in the future."

Ning Youguang laughed, "Your path to ’freedom’ is being driven by capitalism, and in the end, it will only satisfy the consumerism they brag about, never achieving what you truly want."

Xiao Tian moved like a puppet, pulled by the strings of consumerism, yet she thought she was free.

"I know about consumerism," Xiao Tian said, somewhat agitated.

She understood the dangers of overconsumption better than anyone.

Those countless nights of anxiety due to not being able to pay credit card bills and loans, those countless days and nights hiding like a stray dog for fear of being chased by loan sharks...

Doesn’t she understand the anxiety, fear, pain, and suffering that overconsumption brings her?

But she just can’t help herself.

Ning Youguang noticed that Xiao Tian wanted to escape again.

Her principle in treatment is that if the client is not ready to heal and change, she does not force them to face their problems or impose solutions.

Because she knows that she can never wake someone pretending to sleep, nor help someone who refuses to face their problems.

She usually chooses to stop after giving them a hint.

She waits for the right moment, watching when they stumble due to the same problem in real life. When the pain becomes unbearable and they seek her help again, strongly requesting it, only then will she provide them with a solution.

Good horses don’t need whips to go fast, nor do loud drums need heavy beatings.

She smiled, "Being liked by many people should make you happy, right?"

"Many people already like me," Xiao Tian reflexively said.

After speaking, she couldn’t help but lower her head.

Recently, she had been exposed for her true identity and faced severe backlash, those who used to like her no longer did.

"I have a strategy to help you ’redeem’ yourself, do you want to hear it?"

Xiao Tian eagerly looked up, "Yes! What is it?!"

"Defeat falsehood with truth," Ning Youguang said with a smile. "Being exposed by others is a failure, but tearing off your own disguise is a victory."

"How should I do that?"

"Accept that you can be liked and disliked, and allow yourself to be a beautiful fashion influencer or an independent woman without relying on looks."

"But how? Aren’t all influencers showing off like this?"

"But it won’t make people truly like you, instead it attracts jealousy and hatred. When you show off your superior life, others just hear you saying they’re inferior. It’s exhausting for you and unpleasant for others because they also need a sense of presence."

Xiao Tian frowned and said, "I can try to consider your way to redeem myself, but what if I still want to show off and can’t resist buying luxury brands afterward?"

"If you can’t resist showing off in the future, always remind yourself, ’I am important, I deserve to be loved, and I deserve the best!’" Ning Youguang said. "If you can’t resist buying luxury brands, try paying off your credit cards and loans first, then close them. Before you consider buying expensive items you can’t afford, save up the money first. Only buy it once you have enough."

Ning Youguang said, "Then you’ll realize that many things you felt were urgent desires at the time, you no longer want them once you have the money saved."

...

After Miss Wang came back and took Xiao Tian away.

Ning Youguang pulled out her phone and posted a tweet—

[An ordinary person: Persistence and desires are like drawing a prison around oneself.]

After posting the tweet, she quickly flipped through the comments section and answered a question—

[An ordinary person: People better than you usually don’t have time to insult you. Stay well! @I don’t like apples: Teacher, how can I not care about being insulted by others?]

...

After sending her friends and cousin back.

The first thing Jiang Wei did when he got home was to call Ning Youguang, and the first thing he said was an apology:

"I’m sorry, I didn’t expect her cousin to have such an attitude."

"It’s okay," Ning Youguang laughed. "She’s still not ready. I talked to her today, we’ll see how she changes later."

"On the way back, my friend kept asking about her cousin’s treatment, but she didn’t say anything," Jiang Wei added.

"Xiao Tian still has many emotional knots to untie; it takes time," Ning Youguang said with a smile. "Tell Miss Wang not to be too anxious. People who haven’t received proper psychological training often try to ’help’ or ’benefit’ others in pain, wanting to change them and help them out of their predicament, but it’s actually very hard to do."

"Okay," Jiang Wei listened intently, "I’ll explain that to her clearly."

"When we give advice or help to others, including family, relatives, and friends around us, it must be timely to be effective. Due to different growing environments and education, people develop different behavior habits," Ning Youguang continued. "You can tell Miss Wang that if she really wants to help Xiao Tian, first build trust with her, then guide her slowly. Approaching with an ’I’m right, you’re wrong’ mindset makes them feel not true love and care, but rejection and denial, which can be deeply hurtful."

"Mm, okay," Jiang Wei agreed, "Thank you for your hard work today."

"It wasn’t hard," Ning Youguang smiled. "You shouldn’t feel like you’ve inconvenienced me at all. The reason I’m willing to take on Xiao Tian’s case is that I see it as a prominent social phenomenon worth delving into for girls like her. Thus, I’m not only helping Xiao Tian today but also learning."

Jiang Wei couldn’t help but laugh, "Now that you say it that way, I’m relieved."

Ning Youguang warmly smiled, "Don’t overthink it, as a psychologist, I’ve seen countless peculiar cases. Xiao Tian is just a drizzle; without this mental resilience, I wouldn’t be fit for this career."

Only then did Jiang Wei truly let it go. 1314